Several illegal Indian migrant workers who were recently deported from the US have recounted their ordeal to BBC Punjabi, describing humiliation, debt and shattered dreams.
At least 54 men, who had entered the US through the "donkey route" - often used by traffickers to facilitate illegal crossings - landed in the country's capital Delhi on Sunday.
Aged between 25 and 40 years, all of them are from the northern state of Haryana and have since returned home, police said. The Indian government has not commented on their deportation.
But the action comes amid an intense crackdown on illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump's administration, with more than 2,400 Indians sent back from the US just this year.
Several men, especially from South Asian countries, undertake arduous journeys to go to the US and Europe via the so-called "donkey route", also called the "dunki route", which involves crossing through multiple borders.
